The Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
Friday, 11 November 1955
JOSEPH BIAS
(1895-1955)
Joseph Bias, 60, of 630 Sixth St. died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 11 p.m. Thursday aboard a train in the railway station at Maysville.
Mr. Bias, a rail transportation clerk, collasped and died while at work on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway train en route from Cincinnati to Washington D.C.
The train was stopped at the Maysville Station.
Mr. Bias had been employed by the U.S. Government for 32 years in rail transportation on the C&O.
He had worked for many years on the train traveling the route from Cincinnati to Hinton, W.Va. to Washington D.C.
Mr. Bias was born April 6, 1895, in Manila, W.Va., a son of John Bias and Lucinda Baisden Bias.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zennie Drake Bias; six daughters, Mrs. Pauline Frasher, of Columbus, Mrs. Ruth Logan, Morrestown, N.J.; Mrs. Billy Frasher of Portsmouth Rt. 5, and Joanne and Cynthia, both at home; two sons, Carl Bias, 1805 Williams St., and David, at home.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Maude Ferrell and Mrs. Ella Ashby, both of Chapmanville, W.Va., and Mrs. Della Tillman of St. Elmo, Ala.; a brother, Simeon Bias, of Manila.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Manila. Burial will be in Bias Branch Cemetery at Manila.
The Body is at Mart Glynn Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
Portsmouth, Ohio
Friday, 11 November 1955
JOSEPH BIAS
(1895-1955)
Joseph Bias, 60, of 630 Sixth St. died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 11 p.m. Thursday aboard a train in the railway station at Maysville.
Mr. Bias, a rail transportation clerk, collasped and died while at work on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway train en route from Cincinnati to Washington D.C.
The train was stopped at the Maysville Station.
Mr. Bias had been employed by the U.S. Government for 32 years in rail transportation on the C&O.
He had worked for many years on the train traveling the route from Cincinnati to Hinton, W.Va. to Washington D.C.
Mr. Bias was born April 6, 1895, in Manila, W.Va., a son of John Bias and Lucinda Baisden Bias.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zennie Drake Bias; six daughters, Mrs. Pauline Frasher, of Columbus, Mrs. Ruth Logan, Morrestown, N.J.; Mrs. Billy Frasher of Portsmouth Rt. 5, and Joanne and Cynthia, both at home; two sons, Carl Bias, 1805 Williams St., and David, at home.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Maude Ferrell and Mrs. Ella Ashby, both of Chapmanville, W.Va., and Mrs. Della Tillman of St. Elmo, Ala.; a brother, Simeon Bias, of Manila.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Manila. Burial will be in Bias Branch Cemetery at Manila.
The Body is at Mart Glynn Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
The Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
Friday, 11 November 1955
JOSEPH BIAS
(1895-1955)
Joseph Bias, 60, of 630 Sixth St. died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 11 p.m. Thursday aboard a train in the railway station at Maysville.
Mr. Bias, a rail transportation clerk, collasped and died while at work on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway train en route from Cincinnati to Washington D.C.
The train was stopped at the Maysville Station.
Mr. Bias had been employed by the U.S. Government for 32 years in rail transportation on the C&O.
He had worked for many years on the train traveling the route from Cincinnati to Hinton, W.Va. to Washington D.C.
Mr. Bias was born April 6, 1895, in Manila, W.Va., a son of John Bias and Lucinda Baisden Bias.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zennie Drake Bias; six daughters, Mrs. Pauline Frasher, of Columbus, Mrs. Ruth Logan, Morrestown, N.J.; Mrs. Billy Frasher of Portsmouth Rt. 5, and Joanne and Cynthia, both at home; two sons, Carl Bias, 1805 Williams St., and David, at home.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Maude Ferrell and Mrs. Ella Ashby, both of Chapmanville, W.Va., and Mrs. Della Tillman of St. Elmo, Ala.; a brother, Simeon Bias, of Manila.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Manila. Burial will be in Bias Branch Cemetery at Manila.
The Body is at Mart Glynn Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
Portsmouth, Ohio
Friday, 11 November 1955
JOSEPH BIAS
(1895-1955)
Joseph Bias, 60, of 630 Sixth St. died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 11 p.m. Thursday aboard a train in the railway station at Maysville.
Mr. Bias, a rail transportation clerk, collasped and died while at work on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway train en route from Cincinnati to Washington D.C.
The train was stopped at the Maysville Station.
Mr. Bias had been employed by the U.S. Government for 32 years in rail transportation on the C&O.
He had worked for many years on the train traveling the route from Cincinnati to Hinton, W.Va. to Washington D.C.
Mr. Bias was born April 6, 1895, in Manila, W.Va., a son of John Bias and Lucinda Baisden Bias.
He was a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Zennie Drake Bias; six daughters, Mrs. Pauline Frasher, of Columbus, Mrs. Ruth Logan, Morrestown, N.J.; Mrs. Billy Frasher of Portsmouth Rt. 5, and Joanne and Cynthia, both at home; two sons, Carl Bias, 1805 Williams St., and David, at home.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Maude Ferrell and Mrs. Ella Ashby, both of Chapmanville, W.Va., and Mrs. Della Tillman of St. Elmo, Ala.; a brother, Simeon Bias, of Manila.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Manila. Burial will be in Bias Branch Cemetery at Manila.
The Body is at Mart Glynn Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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